valutan.

Brit.

/vəˈl(j)uːtə/, U.S.

/vəˈludə/

Forms: 1800s– valuta; plural 1900s– valute, 1900s– valuten.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian valuta.

Etymology: Ultimately < Italian valuta commercial or market value of a commodity (mid 13th cent.), value of a coin or bill of credit (14th cent.), foreign currency as an acceptable medium of exchange (mid 18th cent.; see value n.), use as noun of feminine past participle of valere to be worth < classical Latin valēre to be worth (see valent adj.), perhaps partly via one or more of the languages into which the Italian word has been borrowed: compare German Valuta legal currency in a particular country (1610; mid 16th cent. in sense ‘monetary value, price’), Dutch valuta value of a bill of exchange (1669), legal currency in a particular country (especially in an international context), monetary unit (1840), Danish valuta money, monetary value (early 18th cent.; also early 18th cent. in sense ‘excellence, merit’), Russian valjuta monetary unit, monetary standard, monetary value (19th cent.; 1729 or earlier in sense ‘settlement of a bill’), foreign currency (1923 or earlier).In plural form valute after the Italian plural form; in plural form valuten probably after the German plural form.

Foreign currency, esp. when constituting an acceptable medium of exchange (in singular and plural); (also) a monetary standard.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > acceptable medium of exchange

common coin1582

common currency1700

valuta1802

1802 P. Kelly Elem. Bk.-keeping (ed. 2) 189 There are at Venice three sorts of Money, or Valuta, namely, Valuta di Banco, in which the Bank keeps accounts; Valuta Corrente, [etc.].

1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) 314 Valuta, Russian paper money.

1921 Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 11 The speculation in valute and devisen has become..ridiculous, as the great boom on the Berlin exchange proves.

1924 H. M. Lucas & J. Bonar tr. G. F. Knapp State Theory of Money 106 Everywhere there is a valuta or standard money.

c1939 E. J. P. Benn Diary in Happier Days (1949) xiv. 171 He doubted if the valuten could be found to send the Führer to England.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 143 A mob broke into his house..looking for valuta.

1988 D. Smith Walls & Mirrors ii. 101 It is rumored that they..receive some of their pay in valuta making their lifestyle even more attractive.

2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 June 5 The valuta they pay for services rendered means that Olya can shop..for luxury goods only available in Western currency.

Compounds

attributive. Consisting of or involving foreign currency, esp. with regard to its exchange-rate value. Also in extended use: foreign.

ΚΠ

1924 H. M. Lucas & J. Bonar tr. G. F. Knapp State Theory of Money 165 If there is more than one kind of money in the country, the value in valuta money is always meant.

1954 E. H. Carr Interregnum i. 29 A general decree was issued ‘On Valuta Operations’... It confined transactions in foreign valuta to the Exchanges.

1967 Economist 19 Aug. p. xxix/1 Russia is still the chief importer of Skoda products, but the emphasis is gradually shifting to the West and other areas. A nominal level of valuten income is now set.

1972 M. Muggeridge Chron. Wasted Time I. v. 252 All were deeply moved;..as, indeed, was I, despite my valuta origins and prospects.

2006 Morning Star (Nexis) 10 May It is CCS farmers who earn the greatest valuta profits from Cuba's renowned cigars and coffee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	valuta
释义	valutan. Brit. /vəˈl(j)uːtə/, U.S. /vəˈludə/ Forms: 1800s– valuta; plural 1900s– valute, 1900s– valuten. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian valuta. Etymology: Ultimately < Italian valuta commercial or market value of a commodity (mid 13th cent.), value of a coin or bill of credit (14th cent.), foreign currency as an acceptable medium of exchange (mid 18th cent.; see value n.), use as noun of feminine past participle of valere to be worth < classical Latin valēre to be worth (see valent adj.), perhaps partly via one or more of the languages into which the Italian word has been borrowed: compare German Valuta legal currency in a particular country (1610; mid 16th cent. in sense ‘monetary value, price’), Dutch valuta value of a bill of exchange (1669), legal currency in a particular country (especially in an international context), monetary unit (1840), Danish valuta money, monetary value (early 18th cent.; also early 18th cent. in sense ‘excellence, merit’), Russian valjuta monetary unit, monetary standard, monetary value (19th cent.; 1729 or earlier in sense ‘settlement of a bill’), foreign currency (1923 or earlier).In plural form valute after the Italian plural form; in plural form valuten probably after the German plural form. Foreign currency, esp. when constituting an acceptable medium of exchange (in singular and plural); (also) a monetary standard. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > acceptable medium of exchange common coin1582 common currency1700 valuta1802 1802 P. Kelly Elem. Bk.-keeping (ed. 2) 189 There are at Venice three sorts of Money, or Valuta, namely, Valuta di Banco, in which the Bank keeps accounts; Valuta Corrente, [etc.]. 1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) 314 Valuta, Russian paper money. 1921 Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 11 The speculation in valute and devisen has become..ridiculous, as the great boom on the Berlin exchange proves. 1924 H. M. Lucas & J. Bonar tr. G. F. Knapp State Theory of Money 106 Everywhere there is a valuta or standard money. c1939 E. J. P. Benn Diary in Happier Days (1949) xiv. 171 He doubted if the valuten could be found to send the Führer to England. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 143 A mob broke into his house..looking for valuta. 1988 D. Smith Walls & Mirrors ii. 101 It is rumored that they..receive some of their pay in valuta making their lifestyle even more attractive. 2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 June 5 The valuta they pay for services rendered means that Olya can shop..for luxury goods only available in Western currency. Compounds attributive. Consisting of or involving foreign currency, esp. with regard to its exchange-rate value. Also in extended use: foreign. ΚΠ 1924 H. M. Lucas & J. Bonar tr. G. F. Knapp State Theory of Money 165 If there is more than one kind of money in the country, the value in valuta money is always meant. 1954 E. H. Carr Interregnum i. 29 A general decree was issued ‘On Valuta Operations’... It confined transactions in foreign valuta to the Exchanges. 1967 Economist 19 Aug. p. xxix/1 Russia is still the chief importer of Skoda products, but the emphasis is gradually shifting to the West and other areas. A nominal level of valuten income is now set. 1972 M. Muggeridge Chron. Wasted Time I. v. 252 All were deeply moved;..as, indeed, was I, despite my valuta origins and prospects. 2006 Morning Star (Nexis) 10 May It is CCS farmers who earn the greatest valuta profits from Cuba's renowned cigars and coffee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1802
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